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- Marcos Francisco Dall'Oglio, Miguel Srougi, Pierre Damião Gonçalves, Kátia Leite, Luciano Nesrallah, and Flávio Hering.
- Hospital Sírio Libanês and Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. marcosdalloglio@uol.com.br
- Sao Paulo Med J. 2002 Nov 1; 120 (6): 165169165-9.
ContextRenal cell carcinoma is the third most frequent genitourinary neoplasia, and there is currently an increase in the incidental diagnosis of tumors confined to the kidneys.ObjectiveTo study the survival of patients with incidental and symptomatic renal tumors who have undergone nephrectomy.DesignRetrospective.SettingHospital Sírio Libanês and Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo.Participants115 patients with diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma, operated on by the same group of surgeons and evaluated by a single pathologist.Main MeasurementsSex, age and diagnosis method, analyzed in two groups, according to the tumor diagnosis: Group 1 with incidental diagnosis and Group 2 with symptomatic tumors. The anatomopathological characteristics and patient survival in both groups were evaluated. A statistical analysis was performed using the Student t, chi-squared, log rank and Kaplan-Meyer tests.ResultsAmong the studied patients, 59(51%) had an incidental diagnosis, with 78% diagnosed by ultrasonography, 20% by computerized tomography scan and 2% during surgeries; 56 patients (49%) were symptomatic. Tumor locations were equally distributed between the two kidneys, and the surgery was conservative for 24% of the incidental and 9% of the symptomatic group. In the incidental group only one patient had tumor progression and there was no death, while in the symptomatic group there were 5 progressions and 10 deaths. The 5-year specific cancer-free survival was 100% in the incidental and 80% in the symptomatic group (p = 0.001) while the disease-free rate was 98% in the incidental and 62% in the symptomatic group (p < 0001).ConclusionIncidental renal tumor diagnosis offers better prognosis, providing longer disease-free survival.
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